难道他们也是被毒虫咬死的
“You mean they were also killed by poisonous insects?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“used in the bamboo grove to attract and arrange the insects.”
难道他们也是被毒虫咬死的
“You mean they were also killed by poisonous insects?”
对
“Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using 'nandao' softens an assertion into an open question while subtly steering the listener toward acknowledging an alarming truth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it really be that / don't tell me that
A powerful rhetorical adverb placed at the start of a clause to express disbelief or sudden realization.
bitten to death by...
A passive construction with 'bei' indicating fatal physical harm caused by an animal or insect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we'll either be poisoned or starved to death on this floor.”
“He wasn't bitten to death. He was poisoned to death by the bats.”
“(Insects erupting from bodies) The insects erupted from them,”
“implanted in him before he left for the capital.”
“the insects we saw at the scene”
“were first pierced and killed by the insects,”